Kate Bush
 

Good to see her represented - "Cloudbusting" is one of my favorite songs.

Any chance of "The Dreaming" to be added too?

Re: Kate Bush
 

I agree wholeheartedly!!!!

I always say that "One in Kate Bush is worth two in the Hand!"

Dirty old men we are
 

Or,

One bird in Kate Bush is worth a hand!

Sounds good to me!!!:D :D

Kate Bush is beautiful!!;)

Re: Dirty old men we are
 

Oi!!!! Not so much of the OLD!

It certainly is nice to be 24 years old and yet still one of the most mature people here!!!:o

Being young and mature isn't all it's cracked up to be....
 

Think of all the experience you're missing out on.;)

Still being only 24 you've got plenty of time to "catch up".

sure, I think we can "do" Kate Bush again.:p

Yesspaz, maturity is WAY overrated!

stay tuned....

Maturity
 

should be something that's told to you, not something that's self-promoted ;)

Kate Bush sex jokes are so fun!

You are mature
 

I think that you should be congratulated and your maturity acknowledged for exercising such self-restraint from making the one obvious (although crude) Kate Bush sex joke. I am sure that you are all biting your tongue not to type it. Congratulations again my mature colleagues.:D

This thread rules!

I am 15 years of age by the way.:p :o

15 years old?! Avian, I thought it was your turn to check IDs...

Jeez, that's young enough for me to be your grandfather!!! (Just)

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BTW I wish my name was Bill...............Can you tell me why?

I know that'snot very mature but maturity sucks...oops nearly gave it away

:D

Damn! Am I that Young???:(

LOL! Classic post!;)

Well, I picked up Kate this weekend. Her album "Never For Ever", that is. Couldn't find "The Dreaming", but will keep an eye out for it. Seems to be out of print at the moment.

Look for "Never For Ever" on the station soon...

So, like, what's the connection between Kate and prog? Don't get me wrong, I love Kate; loved her ever since I heard Wuthering Heights back when I was, maybe 12. And all my prog friends love her too.

Yet she isn't really prog is she?? Few if any of her songs are longer than five minutes...(OK, side two of Kick Inside IS CONCEPTUAL); yeah Dave G supposedly discovered her...but still. Some of the dudes in the Alan Parsons Project played with her.

This is not a meant as a criticism of putting her on the playlist; I'm just curious to know what her appeal to prog lovers is.

That's funny josephus!!! Or did you mean musically??? :p

No, I know what Kate's appeal is to a bunch of prog pervs like us...I mean musically:)

[Actually, I think Kate's sexual appeal began to wane around Hounds of Love, anyways.]

Misconceptions
 

You do make a thought-provoking point about what the appeal is - but for me, I like a lot of stuff not prog (I'm not rehashing it here for the 10th time). But - if she's not in the AM genre, what is her music? Hounds Of Love e.g.- why not?

Her sex appeal for me, is incidental to the music. Listen to "Get Out of My House", and let me know if her donkey sounds turn you on. And I think her performance on the the title track of the "Sensual World" is proof there's no wane.

If there's a connection between song length and definition of prog, that's not my standard. Her songs work shorter than others. Take the song "Heavy Horses" (your picture) - that's 2 minutes too long, I think.

Alan Parsons' dudes play with everyone. I think David Paton is on a zillion records.

Did Gilmour really "discover" her? I thought she was established first. Oh well, does it really matter?

To summarize:

Her music (until the "Red Shoes") is bad-ass.
If it appears on AM, fine. If not, I'll put on the CD.
For the younger listeners, the choice should be there.
Sex, lyrics, appearance, image, politics, social commentary mean nothing to me when we discuss if a song rocks or not.

Excuse me, while I tape my ankle - I just fell of the soapbox.

Top Perv on AM goes to .....
 

I think that you win Rick. But man you crack me up!!!!

Not another poll!
 

I like that, top perv on AM. However, I don't want to know what the prize is!

Rick....top perv?????
 

Man I resent that...:D

Rick doesn't "sport a woody" for Doris Day like I do.....

Now that's pervy and I'm proud of it!!!!

This thread cracks me up.

Does Kate shave or just wait for the fall???

I was going to mention you........
 

I would be honored if you were top perv.

Re: Rick....top perv?????
 

So, that makes her what, a shaved bush?

Heyoooooooo!


Tommy

I did find "The Dreaming", and it will be coming (hee hee) soon...

Nice....
 

those two are the most "AM worthy" - the earlier ones have more piano-based simpler tunes (a la Tori Amos). They are excellent additions to the catalogue.

My favorite is "Hounds of Love". I think it's a downright master stroke (sorry had to). Hounds meshes the two styles together perfectly.

Re: Misconceptions
 

mmm, yes!

three more things....
 

The pipes in that tune really add a sensual kind of "snake charmer" feel to it.

Paddy Bush plays the "whips".

She mentiones her breasts.

I was reding the lyrics and she spells it mmh - I like your mmm better, though. Reminds me of an old Styx tune called "Jonas Psalter", where they actually print the words "Woo woo woo" (pronounced whoa whoa whoa). That kind of stuff really gives me a chuckle.

Mmmmmmmmm!!!!!
 

I really must try to get into Kate more often.

"Never Forever" is really good and it will be good to hear 'Delius' from time to time.

Keep it up lads :)